“This is not a business that our research and development power could bring anything to.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on spending billions of dollars discovering he couldn’t make the Internet proprietary, The New York Times, 8 January 2004
Month: January 2004
CAN’T WE OUTSOURCE THAT, TOO?
“There is no job that is America’s God-given right any more. We have to compete for jobs as a nation.”
Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, calling for a level playing field at the same time she’s tilting her company’s hiring overseas, San Jose Mercury News, 7 January 2004
I DIDN’T KNOW EUTHANASIA WAS AN EXIT STRATEGY
“We are trusted caregivers, like a hospice.”
Business liquidator Martin Pichinson, on his gentle bedside manner for ailing startups, CNN.com, 7 January 2004
CALL IT GETTING XEROXED
“Microsoft is copying us again. It feels great.”
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, on innovating his way to 2% market share, eWeek, 6 January 2004
SEE-THROUGH ENCRYPTION
“Content should be as transparent as it is today with MP3.”
Leonardo Chiariglione, inventor of the MP3 standard, on the music industry’s blind spot, The New York Times, 5 January 2004
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